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This Week in Amateur Radio #979 Week of December 2, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR979 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. Decemner 02, 2017. This weeks edition is anchored by, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, and Jessica Bowen, KB2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring too) by […]

This Week in Amateur Radio #963 – Expanded Edition Week of August 12, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/2hTsHAS Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #963 with a release and air date of, August 12, 2017.This weeks edition is anchored by, Chris Perrine, Don Hewlick, K2ATJ, […]

This Week in Amateur Radio #962 Expanded Edition Week of August 5, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR962 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #962 with a release and air date of, August 05, 2017.This weeks edition is anchored by, Chris Perrine, Don Hewlick, K2ATJ, Will […]

This Week in Amateur Radio #961 Week of July 29, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR961 Running Time: 1:19:42 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #961 with a release and air date of, July 29, 2017.This weeks edition is anchored by, Chris Perrine, Rich Lawrence KB2MOB-, […]

CQ has announced updates to its rules for the CQ World Wide SSB and CW contests, effective this fall, and said complete rules will be published soon. The changes clarify the definition of multioperator, single transmitter (MS); spell out club definitions and residency requirements; restrict ITU Region 1 stations transmitting frequencies on 40 and 160 […]

This Week in Amateur Radio #960 Week of July 22, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR960 Running Time: 1:14:13 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #960 with a release and air date of, July 22, 2017.This weeks edition is anchoredby,Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hewlick, K2ATJ, Will […]

This Week in Amateur Radio #957 Week of July 1, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR957 Running Time: 1:09:46 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #957 with a release and air date of, July 01, 2017. This weeks edition is anchored by, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, […]

International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) volunteers continue to document many of the same signals intruding on Amateur Radio bands — some of them audible in other parts of the world, according to the latest editions of the IARUMS Region 1 newsletter. IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, reported last month […]

The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System (IARUMS) newsletter reports a mysterious “foghorn” — a Chinese over-the-horizon (OTH) burst radar — is operating in Amateur Radio bands. “We observed the mysterious foghorn on 7, 10, and 14 MHz,” the newsletter recounted. “This is a Chinese OTH radar, which is often jumping, and […]

On December 21, Amateur Radio operators in Germany gained access to the band 5.351.5 to 5.366.5 MHz with 15 W EIRP, and a maximum bandwidth of 2.7 kHz. Access applies to Class A licensees. Amateur Radio is secondary on 60 meters in all countries where it is available to Amateur Radio. The Deutscher Amateur Radio […]

The IARU Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System newsletter reports that one of China’s HF Over-the-Horizon radars (OTH-R) has been transmitting on 6.999 MHz, impinging on the very low end of the 40-meter band. As the newsletter reported: “A jumping Chinese OTH radar covered the CW DX-edge of our exclusive 7 MHz band on November 17 […]

The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports that the Russian military apparently responded positively to a complaint from German telecommunications authorities to eliminate an intruding signal on 20 meters. The Russian Navy “RDL” signal from Crimea had been transmitting on 14.180 MHz, using F1B at 50 baud and 200 Hz […]

Delegates to the 19th International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU-R2) General Assembly in mid-October adopted ARRL-proposed changes to the Region 2 (the Americas) band plan as well as other recommended revisions. Representatives of 24 IARU member societies took part in the General Assembly, held in Viña del Mar, Chile, either in person or by […]

According to media accounts, more long-range, new over-the-horizon (OTH) radars that can identify aerial and sea targets hundreds of miles away are scheduled to begin operation next year in the Russian Arctic. It’s doubtful, however, that the news heralds the return of interference on the level of that generated by the so-called “Russian Woodpecker” OTH […]